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'Persia, Vol. 3' [377r] (161/296)
The record is made up of 1 file, 108 folios. It was created in Mar 1918-May 1918. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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I t^lak It try duty to let you know views o! ny
Coileasue, for the present ny knowledge of the people
- so snail and ny sources of 1 formation so lilted
oo not xeel competent to 3 lve an opinion.
_ RUSSlan CoilBUl Gei ^ral also tolls me that he
-elitve. Van is o..;aln in the hands of tue Turks but
116 Can " iV6 me n ° Mentation as to number of Turkish
-oops there; anyhow it is certain that larie number
o, Armenian refuses from Van are at Kotur and another
^ oiy has it that many of them nave been massacred
y his Km-dB, „ho had so „e to direotlod
' Vi t0 attack Jelus settled in, nefjhbourins
villoyes. it apnears some Turki-h
•i-uinion troops were at
Ushnu about a fortPi"bt, r, 0 -ih +■
' s - ld thence despatched
(? two o 1 ' thoir party to Souibulak **-■•
3 Alter rema.tajr^
ohere two days thev reiohned +^.,
‘ JOj - nea bne - Li companions-
conditions are said to be -Dee-iPiiv
district, ^ lly beVerS Ln SouJbula ^
No news from Tin is today.
( ? Bread) aueetlon Mre ls becomte ve!y ^
and I ™ ta-omed many deaths from starvation ore
occurring; daily.
S-t to Teheran f Dunsterville,
(Telesrjim ends).
Opinion as to salutary ef- pc+ r>r „„
^ e ' ec “ 01 appearance of a
British force is confirmed by Mr. Doolittle.
Sent to India,
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This file contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia, following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes:
- A protest by the Persian Government over the violation of its neutrality and sovereignty
- The reaction of Ahmad Shah Qajar to the telegrams of Emperor Wilhelm II and Sultan Mehmed V
- The occupation of Isfahan by the South Persia Rifles under the command of Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes
- The negotiations between the Political Officer of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), Dr Morris Yudelevitz Young, and the Khans of the Bakhtiyari Tribe including Yusuf Khan Bakhtiyari Amir Mujahid, Najaf Quli Khan Bakhtiyari Samsam al-Saltanah, Ghulam Husayn Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i Muhtasham, Ja’far Quli Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i As’ad, and Nasir Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i Jang
- The mobilisation of the forces of Lieutenant-Colonel Lazar Bicharakov to deter the Jangli Movement
- The negotiations of Mirza Hasan Khan Ashtiyani Mustawfi al-Mamalik with the Bakhtiyari Khans
- A request from Khusraw Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i Zafar to obtain weapons from the British Army
- The release of the British Vice Consul at Rasht in exchange for Sulayman Mirza Iskandari
- The protests of the Persian Government against the presence of Turkish and British forces in Persia
- The clashes between a confederation of Kalhur, Guran and Bajalan and the Sinjabi Tribe
- A battle fought between Jelus [i.e. Jilus, mixed Armenian and Assyrian forces] and Turkish troops at Ushnu
- A proposal from General Lionel Charles Dunsterville to organise the resistance against Turkish forces
- The recommendation by General Dunsterville that Britain subsidises Colonel Bicharakov's forces
- The invitation of General Stanley Maude to General Nikolai Nikolaevich Baratov to visit Baghdad
- And a report by the British Military Attaché on the mission of Ayat Allah Sayyid Hasan Mudarris to Tehran.
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- 'Persia, Vol. 3'
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- 297r:443v, back-i, back
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